Butter-box.



PATENTED DEG. A18, 1906.V

G. E. WOODBURY.

BUTTER BOX. APPLIOATIOH 'Hmm Dm. 1. 1904.'

l llll Illl lll GEORGE E. WOODBURY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

*i Application led December To all wlmnb it 11m/y'l concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. Woon nUnr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and 5 State of California, have invented new andv useful Improvements in Butter-Boxes, of wlfich the following is a specification.

This in 'ention relates to the production of an improved butter-box having the hinges ro of the cover and other metal part-s situated on and confined to the outside of the box and in the construction of which, and )articularly ofthe hinges, provision is made for securing ample strength in the fastenings that join i5 the. cover to the body to withstand careless handling during transport-ation and the quality of holding the cover in open position while the contents of the box are exposed for sale in the store without being bent or 2e broken in the rough usage to which the box, and especially its cover. is subjected at such time.

The boxes used by the dairyman for sending table-butter.tomarket in rolls or squares 2 5 are returned when empty to be again used for the same purpose: but. before being filled again they are washed and cleansed by water or steam, particularly on the inside surfaces, to remove all contaminating agents or me- ;o diums that might affect the flavor and other qualities of the butter. It becomes not only desirous, therefore, to exclude all metal parts from the inside of thel box, so that the same shall not be attacked and become `55.1usted by contact with the cleaning agents, but it is also highly important that no metal shall be in Contact with or in close proximity. to the butter packed in the box, even though the package may be protected by wrappers, 4o for the reason that the presence of the met-al parts in the same receptacle invariably results in affecting the delicate flavors and the loss of other qualities on the possession of which the market value of the article de- -45 pends.

The objects sought to be attained by the invention are to remove the metal parts that unite the cover to the box entirely from the butter-holding space of the body and to se- 5o sure such strength of parts that the cover will withstand the strains to which it is commonly exposed, both during transportation and also while the cover is standing open.

To these ends and objects chiefly my in- 55 vention comprises a novel construction and Specification of Letters Patent.

l f BUTTER-Box.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

1,1904. serial No. 235.045;

combination of a box provided with a rabbeted edge, a coverthc'refor, and metal parts producing an improved box for carrying butter andlike substances and articles to market, as hereinafter described, and set 6o forth in the claim at the end of this specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of one endand a portion of a butter-box,embodying my 5 invention', the view :cluding one end of the body and a portion of the cover standing in open position. Fig. 2 is a rear view, on an enlarged scale, of the hinge and part of theV cover and the body of the box in which it is 7o fixed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken transversely through the body and the cover at one of the hinges, showing the cover closed. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the cover standing open. Figs. 5 and 6 represent in 75 perspective the parts of the hinge detached from each other. Fig. is a longitudinal section through the hinge-joint, showing the parts as they stand when the cover is raised and turned back. Fig. S is an inverted plan 30 or bottom view of the knuckle of the top member, Fig. 5, of the hinge. Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of the back of the cover an'l the top elge of the body on which vthe edge of the cover turns. 8 5

In the following description, a, b indicate the sides and ends of the body A of the box, one end only being shown in 1, and d the bottom. y

C is the cover, and D the hinges that unite 9o the cover to the body. The top edge of t-he bodyis formed with a rabbet '2, extending around the sides and ends, and the cover C is recessed to receive and fit closely over the narrow standing edge formed by the rabbet. 95 The rim 3 of the cover along the rear side is rounded on the bottom, as seen at 4, Figs.'

1 and 9, so as to let the cover come to a square seat on the ledge 5 on the rabbeted top edge of the body when the cover is turned to I0( stand upright, as well as to insure close joint between the cover and the body at the back when the cover is closed. The hinges D-are set into this back rim, so that the knuckles are fiush with the surfaces of the box and the I0 cover on the outside, and to that end the rim is made of about the same thickness as the dimension diametrically of the knuckles of the hinge. At those points in the length along the back where the hinges are placed the rim 1 I of t ie hinge is cut perpendicularly downward int ol the standing side of the box in line with the cut-away part 6 6 in the cover.

If the leaf 8 be made of semicircular outline, the time expended in cutting the grooves in the body of the box will be greatly reduced,

. with a like effect in the cost of constructing land putting the parts together; but theprincipa object of this part of the construction is to remove this member of the hinge from the butter-holdingspace and inclose it within thesolid wood of the box. The remaining member of the hinge is attached to the cover by a relatively long strap 10, which is bent twice at right angles up on itself, so as to fit over the back edge of the cover and lie upon the top on the outside. Giving the strap this shape' brings it and the screws 12 13 o'n the outside of the cover, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, with the effect to produce a strong fastening and a stiff connection between the cover and the body of the box, as well as to remove these metal parts from the inside of the box. The

screws set through the holes 14 in the strap and into, but not through, the cover, and the screw inserted through the hole 15 and into the edge of the cover contributes materially to the strength and stiffness of the fastening. The screws 9 that fasten the leaf 8 of the 1 hinge are inserted from the outside through the screw-holes 16 in the leaf and set into t ie solid wood of the box.

As already described, vthe cover when turned upright is supported on the ledge at the back, on which it has a solid bearing; but while that feature of the construction rovides ample support for the cover, ca ab e of resisting pressure that may be broug t upon the cover from above and in the same plane,

it will be seen that the application of' a force against the cover in a direction at right angles to the cover in its upright position tending to bend the cover back will act upon the hingejoints and must be sustained by them. Provision is made, therefore, by a novel construction of stop on one member of the hinge that will prevent the upper member of the hinge from being bent back and 'take the angular strain off its knuckle at such time.

The construction and operation of this stop will be understood by references to Figs. '2, 5, 5 5 7, and 8, where it will be seen that the stop 7 is formed directly from the metal of the knuckle d on the upper member of the hin'e by cutting transversely through the knuck e from the Tower side on two parallel lines and 6o then by a longitudinal cut separate the portion of severed metal along one side and finally' bending that )ortion outward, so as to Y stand out beyond the circumference of the knuckle. upright position, the projecting end of the stop thus formed will strike against `1nd be arrested by the leaf 8 instead o1 assing `through the slot or open space between the two knuckles (Z2 (Z2 on the lower member, and 7o further movement in that direction with resulting strain on the knuckles is prevented. The relative position of the stop and part of the hinge when the cover stands upright is seen in Fig. 7. Any suitable locking means 75 may be provided for holding the box closed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a boxhaving arabbeted 8o edge, a cover constructed to fit the rabbeted edge of the box, there being formed in one` side, A, of the box a slot 7 extending downward'froin the rabbet, and a hinge for uniting the cover and the box having aleaf or part 8 85 adapted to enter the said slot 7 and be secured therein, and formed at its upper end with the knuckles d2 which lie in the rabbeted portion of the box, and another part 10 substantially L-shaped secured to the boxcover and 9o formed with the knuckle d, adapted to be connected with the knuckles d2 of the part 8, one of t-he parts of t-he hinge being provided with a stop 17, substantially as set forth. A

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 95 my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE E. WOODBURY.

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